Stargazing How Can You Improve Your Amateur Solar Imaging Techniques?

[WWGD]

Whatever you do, make sure to explore the sun at night, to avoid getting overheated, or getting sunburns!

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Whatever you do, make sure to explore the sun at night, to avoid getting overheated, or getting sunburns!

changing time zones fast enough? (lol) ...
[or via existing data, e.g. via the internet etc. ... - no lol ...]

 

[davenn]

Solar Images update
9 - 14 September 2024 (9,10,11,12,13,14), Canon 6DII,
400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1000 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

 

[davenn]

Finally a sunny sky
10 Oct. 2024
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1000 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

 

[davenn]

The Sun for the last week
24 - 31 Oct. 2024
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1000 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

A couple of the pic's are a bit lower quality, seeing conditions were not always good

 

[Andy Resnick]

A couple of the pic's are a bit lower quality, seeing conditions were not always good

That's so cool! What is it? :)

 

[davenn]

The Sun during November 2024
Lack of images due to a lot of cloudy/wet days
Lack of uploading on time due to my poor health
04 - 21 Nov. 2024
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1000 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

A couple of the pic's are a bit lower quality, seeing conditions were not always good

Cheers
Dave

 

[davenn]

The Sun during last week of November and first week of December 2024
Lack of images due to a lot of cloudy/wet days
Slowly catching up on the backlog
22 - 27 Nov. 2024 and 02 - 07 Dec.
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1000 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

 

[davenn]

Latest set of solar images
1st - 6th May 2025
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1600 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

 

[davenn]

Latest set of solar images
6th May - 1st June 2025
With a big gap in the middle because of 2 weeks of cloudy/wet weather.

The images of the 31 May and 1st June show the large sunspot group that spawned
the M8.2 Flare and associated CME which was pretty much aimed directly at Earth.

Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1250 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

 

[davenn]

Latest set of solar images
2nd - 22nd June 2025
With gaps due to cloudy/wet weather days.
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1250 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left

 

[davenn]

Latest set of solar images
2nd - 22nd June 2025 CONTINUED
With gaps due to cloudy/wet weather days.
Canon 6DII, 400mm + 2x converter = 800mm f11 total, 100th sec, 1250 ISO
As always, image is orientated correctly, north at top, east on left